Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 158 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 43% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.11 on Saturday, March 7th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 6, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.89 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.38% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 233,317 acre feet

This is 153.52% of the average of 151,981 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 115,148 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 113,484 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 118,169 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 269.19% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 53.56% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -3.56 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.59 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.30 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
6033.11
0.03
990,108
816
305
n/a
n/a
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
6033.08
0.04
989,809
669
305
n/a
n/a
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
6033.04
0.01
989,411
499
301
n/a
n/a
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
6033.03
0.03
989,312
580
299
n/a
n/a
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
6033.00
0.06
989,014
716
305
n/a
n/a
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
6032.94
0.05
988,417
665
304
68.9
34.2
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
6032.89
0.03
987,920
565
305
71.4
34.9
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6032.86
0.04
987,622
616
307
61.3
33.1
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
6032.82
0.03
987,225
565
306
62.6
27.5
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
6032.79
0.02
986,927
514
305
63.9
29.7
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
6032.77
-0.02
986,729
318
310
63.5
29.5
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
6032.79
-0.01
986,927
370
312
61.7
28.0
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6032.80
-0.01
987,026
375
317
59.5
30.2
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6032.81
-0.04
987,126
227
320
57.6
26.6
Averages of List
6032.91
0.02
988,112
535.4
307.2
63.4
30.4

Averages for March 7th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.20
-14.09
1,202,038
854.66
827.98
55.19
29.07
All-Time
6032.44
0.67
1,091,129
804.11
881.36
55.19
29.07

Last 10 March 7th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 07, 2025
6036.67
-3.56
1,026,046
422
402
42.5
27.7
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
6041.49
-8.38
1,076,388
370
383
48.1
36.8
Tue, Mar 07, 2023
6017.74
15.37
846,174
905
308
54.7
33.1
Mon, Mar 07, 2022
6017.98
15.13
848,278
274
381
43.0
23.0
Sun, Mar 07, 2021
6033.95
-0.84
1,048,833
326
404
68.0
30.0
Sat, Mar 07, 2020
6055.59
-22.48
1,292,717
248
418
70.0
34.0
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
6015.75
17.36
872,862
782
276
55.0
36.0
Wed, Mar 07, 2018
6051.43
-18.32
1,242,450
1195
1280
54.0
10.0
Tue, Mar 07, 2017
6059.68
-26.57
1,343,741
1742
1233
50.0
15.0
Mon, Mar 07, 2016
6065.06
-31.95
1,413,534
1257
496
52.0
30.0
Averages of List
6039.58
-6.47
1,101,583
718
471
56.7
27.5


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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